Intel DP55KG motherboard main features are:

• Socket: 1156.
• Chipset: Intel P55 Express.
• Super I/O: Winbond W83677HG
• Clock generator: SLG505YC264CT
• Parallel IDE: None.
• Serial IDE: Eight SATA-300 ports, six controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10) and two controlled by a Marvell 88SE6145 chip.
• External ATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by the Marvell 88SE6145 chip.
• USB: 13 USB 2.0 ports (nine soldered on the motherboard and four available through headers on the motherboard).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports controlled by a Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A chip, one standard-sized soldered on the rear panel and one available through a header.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs). On-board optical SPDIF input and output.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset using an Intel 82578DC to make the physical layer interface.
• Buzzer: Yes.
• Power supply required: EPS12V.
• Slots: One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (working at x8 when two video cards are installed), one PCI Express x8 slot, one PCI Express x4 slot, two PCI Express x1 slots and two standard PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1600/PC3-12800).
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: Aluminum solid capacitors on the voltage regulator circuit, POST diagnostics display, Bluetooth controller, infrared controller, Back2BIOS button.
• More Information: http://www.intel.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 210.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.